Today I'm so excited to welcome my friend, Ann Miller to READER MONDAY! I've known Ann, as a personal friend, for over five years. Not only is Ann a good friend, she is a GREAT mom of three wonderful kids. She is always promoting reading and education in their daily life.
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Reading through the eyes of my son has been amazing!
My son Austin is eight and in the third grade
this year. He has rekindled my love to
hold a book and flip pages again. This year when he started third grade we were
introduced to the idea of Accelerated Reader points and tests. Austin has to get five AR points a month in
order keep up his third grade standard for all kids in his class.
In August, he had the highest number of AR
points in the WHOLE third grade at his school.
Austin was in AR heaven at school and got a certificate to bring home at
the end of the month. Literally on the
first day of school we planned to play at an area park with his younger twin
siblings and he decided to read a new book that came his way. He sat under a tree at the park and finished
his first whole chapter book. This
series of books enamored him and he had to finish all of the books in the
series.
My son gets his love of books honestly…… from a mother and
grandmother who love to read also. He
was read to all the time from utero until he started reading on his own in
kindergarten.
I have worked in the
education field all my life and I must say I have a HUGE
collection of books for all age readers.
Flipping the pages of a book are a rare find these days now with all of
the readers out. I personally do not
have a reader yet… we are the proud owners of three for our kids.
Sometimes I enjoy flipping to the back of the
book to get a preview of what happens at the end. Must say don’t have much time these days to
flip the ole pages of books as much as I used to, but when I do it is a
wonderful treat.
I must smile now as I see Austin with at least five books in
back pack that he is reading at one time.
We write on his book log each night (or sometimes the night before the
whole thing is due) what book he has read and for how many minutes.
It makes my husband and I so happy to see his
love of books. He has now started his
own series of books based upon that book he first read under that tree in his
own style. I believe now Austin is up to
his thirteenth book in his series with some great illustrations. He is also very excited that his mom is
friends with a great author Tonya Kappes.
We all love to read! How do you promote reading in a child's life?
Leave a comment to be eligible to win any ebook copy of one of Tonya's book! Your choice! Winner will be announced on Wednesday!
Both my girls are big readers! It started at a very early age and hasn't stopped! My youngest is so comfortable with her reading that she is a reader at our church....she's 16. They both come by it naturally both my husband and I are big readers!
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I have two daughters, 13 and 7. The youngest loves to read...the 13 year old...not so much! My husband and I are both readers, we've always encouraged both girls but my teen just has no interest whatsoever! I'm not giving up though...I bought her a book about Justin Bieber's life and she was actually reading through it...so there's still hope! lol :)
ReplyDeleteI have read to my son since he was born. He still loves reading and like you, still loves the feel a real book.
ReplyDeleteI've purchased kids books from and to Barnes & Noble when they have their children's book drives. I buy books for my friends' children - books I loved as a kid or even read as an adult and loved. AND I always try to get EVERYONE to read Harry Potter!! :)
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